This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 209 Adorably Naughty!

Xie Yuan'an has already left the competition venue and went shopping with her best friend, so basically no one can contact her.

Moreover, Xie Yuan'an didn't care, because she knew that if she had to appear, her father would definitely call.

As long as Xie Xiao didn't make the call, it proved that Xie Xiao could still keep the situation under control.

But Xie Yuan'an has a professor father to back him up, while Hu Yi and others don't.

Therefore, even though Hu Yi and others were "reporting on the spot" with Professor Tan Zhongyuan and other big bosses after the young physician competition, they still received a lot of phone calls.

They were all asking Hu Yi and the others what exactly happened.

"Director Tan, another call is coming in. Should I answer it or not?" Hu Yi was initially quite happy to have won first prize, but after the initial joy, it seemed as if he was plagued by endless troubles, as the phone kept ringing.

The reason is simple: Xie Yuan'an's first place in tendon suturing and solid organ suturing has absolutely nothing to do with hand surgery.

However, new techniques for suturing nerves and blood vessels are related to functional reconstruction, a cutting-edge field in hand surgery, which is a field that all hospitals are vying for.

"Answer it, why aren't you answering?"

Tan Zhongyuan said, "The person calling you might be a professor. Are you going to act like a big shot?"

"I have to answer a lot of calls."

Helpless, Hu Yi left the team to answer the phone.

Hu Yi revealed his habitual obsequiousness: "Hello, teacher."

"Is this Dr. Hu from Xiangya Hospital? This is Du Lianshan from Huashan Hospital. Dr. Hu, is this a convenient time for you?" A kind middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

To be honest, Hu Yi only knew that the Department of Hand Surgery at Huashan Hospital had three or four wards, but he had never paid attention to who the professors were or how great they were.

He's just a junior attending physician; he hasn't even passed the associate professor hurdle yet. Associate professors from other hospitals are the main people he really connects with.

There are many hospitals across the country with strong hand surgery capabilities, such as Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing Third Hospital, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, West China Hospital, and Peking Union Medical College Hospital...

Hu Yi really can't understand it all.

"Hello Professor Du, I'm available now. May I ask what instructions you may have?" Hu Yi's voice was very polite.

"Dr. Hu, it's like this. I heard from my student that you achieved very good results when you participated in the Young Physicians Competition. First of all, I want to congratulate you."

"It is definitely not easy to achieve good results in this kind of competition."

"However, I seem to have heard that Dr. Hu, the suturing method you use is different from the ordinary vascular and nerve suturing method? Do you have your own routine?" Du Lianshan asked relatively cryptically.

Hu Yi said, "Professor Du, you asked the same question."

"Well, it can't be called a routine. It's a slight improvement on the most basic simple interrupted suturing technique. It hasn't become a routine yet."

In a professional field, a routine is a standard surgical procedure, and a routine is a standard suturing technique.

Apart from that, everything else is basic.

Techniques that are not recognized or cannot be copied cannot become classics or be called techniques.

For a technique to be passed down, it must contain a repeatable routine that can be learned by others.

"Dr. Hu, may I ask which professor or doctor in your hospital was the one who promoted this improvement?" Du Lianshan asked politely.

The question Du Lianshan asked was the same old question that Hu Yi was familiar with.

Hu Yi said, "Professor Du, this improvement in suturing technique was actually not done by people from our hospital."

"It is one of our partners."

Du Lianshan: "???"

"No, buddy." Du Lianshan was genuinely stunned, abandoning any semblance of composure expected of a middle-aged man: "Are you kidding me?"

"He himself doesn't participate in the competition, and neither does his unit, yet he's asking your Xiangya Hospital to gain fame?"

Du Lianshan reacted so strongly for two reasons: first, the claim was absurd, and second, he was angry, feeling that the competition had been violently manipulated.

Moreover, it's the most violent form of manipulation, and the 'righteous manipulation' that no one dares to say anything about!
Hu Yi swallowed hard and said, "Teacher Du, that's the truth."

Du Lianshan's voice tightened: "Which unit is that? I'm curious, they're so generous."

“Central China, Union Hospital,” Hu Yi replied.

Du Lianshan put his phone away and asked into the distance, "Didn't you say before that people from Peking Union Medical College Hospital also won awards in the other two tracks?"

"But it seems like there's only one person? It's not a multi-row."

“Yes, Professor Du. We could have gotten a good result with the tendon suture, but we were pushed down to fourth place,” someone replied.

"Is that so? Then Professor Zhong's plan is quite ambitious." After confirming this, Du Lianshan's tone became playful.

Professor Zhong Junyun is a nationally renowned expert in hand surgery, and even Du Lianshan couldn't understand this blunder.

Hu Yi said, "Professor Du, I don't understand what you mean either. Anyway, it was that teacher who approached us to cooperate, and we couldn't possibly refuse."

"You're still cooperating?"

"Don't tell me you're collaborating on a hand surgery project," Du Lianshan's voice broke down.

“Yes!” Hu Yi replied.

"Nerve and blood vessel suturing techniques?" Du Lianshan's voice grew increasingly shrill.

Hu Yi, still repeating the same thing over and over: "Yeah."

"Then Xiangya Hospital is really awesome!" Du Lianshan suddenly started to speak sarcastically, thinking that Xiangya Hospital had done something underhanded.

This wasn't the first time Hu Yi had heard such a remark, and he cautiously replied, "Professor Du, collaborative research projects are very common."

"You can't be so sensitive!"

"I'm sorry!" Du Lianshan apologized immediately.

Du Lianshan immediately asked, "Could you tell me the name of this expert from Peking Union Medical College Hospital?"

“Lu Cheng!” Hu Yi replied.

"Professor? Never stopped, associate professor?" Du Lianshan wrote it down, planning to inquire about it later.

Hu Yi said, "No, I'm an attending physician, and I'm currently a doctor at Longxian People's Hospital."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Are you kidding me?" Du Lianshan cursed loudly.

He's from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, not an associate professor.

Attending physician at Longxian People's Hospital.

What about Longxian, Fengxian, and the other seven or eight counties?

"If Professor Du knows better himself, then I won't disturb your train of thought!" Hu Yi dared not curse or insult anyone.

Of course, that was an even harsher statement.

You know everything, so why are you asking me for advice? I'm telling you the truth, but you won't listen. Go find it yourself then.

The reason Hu Yi chose to talk so much with Du Lianshan was, of course, to return the favor.

If it were any other hospital, Hu Yi would have died long ago.

Du Lianshan remained silent for a while before saying, "I'm very sorry, I lost my composure just now. I promise you, Dr. Hu, that was the last time. I sincerely apologize to you now."

"How did you two meet, Dr. Lu?"

"The doctors in the county are connected to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, which is indeed a bit of a roundabout way."

Hu Yi then said, "Teacher Du, this is a coincidence."

“Longxian People’s Hospital is a remote mountain county hospital that our unit provides counterpart assistance to, and Lu Cheng is an employee there.”

“After one of our hospital’s teachers went there to provide assistance, she discovered Dr. Lu and immediately wanted to bring him to our hospital. But a talent like Dr. Lu was already already reserved for someone else.”

"So, we had no choice but to work on the project with him. And it was indeed Professor Lu who taught us these suturing techniques."

“If he’s from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, why would he teach you?” Du Lianshan asked.

Hu Yi did not answer directly, but spoke cryptically: "Professor Du, we will not comment on anything related to our sister unit. We will only state the facts and the current situation."

"I'm also very grateful that you didn't bring your company's label onto me."

Hu Yi wasn't being sarcastic, because Xiangya Hospital's public reputation in recent years was far superior to that of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

However, few people in the industry have labeled everyone based on the actions of those few individuals.

Hu Yi didn't ask why; the fact was that it had happened.

"So, Dr. Hu, do you have Dr. Lu's contact information? Would it be convenient for you to give it to me?" Du Lianshan asked.

“Teacher Du, actually… it’s not very convenient,” Hu Yi said.

"Teacher Lu didn't choose to participate in the competition because he didn't want too much trouble. Otherwise, he could have won four awards."

Hu Yi's statement has no logical flaws.

Du Lianshan continued, "Dr. Hu, why don't you try to make an exception, or ask your teacher, Professor Lu, for his opinion?"

Hu Yi thought about it carefully before saying, "Teacher Du, there's no need to ask, because Teacher Lu told us about it before the competition."

“He doesn’t come to the competition, so all the competition results are our own. If you hadn’t asked so many questions, I wouldn’t have told you so many details.”

"But to be honest, the copyright and originator of these suturing techniques is Dr. Lu Cheng. We can't take advantage of it and claim it as our own."

Du Lianshan asked, "Do you know that the other two suturing techniques were also taught to others by Lu Cheng?"

“Yeah, we learned together!” Hu Yi said. “Then give me the phone!” Du Lianshan ordered directly.

"I will take full responsibility for all the consequences!"

"If he causes you any trouble, and you ask me for compensation, I will compensate you tenfold for any losses you suffer."

Du Lianshan is very domineering.

Hu Yi certainly wanted to give the people from Huashan Hospital.

After a few more tactful words, Hu Yi "compromised." This was because Lu Cheng hadn't mentioned anything about not revealing his contact information.

Other hospitals may not provide it, but Huashan Hospital is required to provide it.

……

In the afternoon, Lu Cheng had dinner with Zhang Tiesheng, who worked the night shift in the emergency room.

Emergency rooms are not open 24 hours a day; patients are simply needed at any time.

Zhang Tiesheng then asked, "Xiao Lu, is the food at this restaurant, the big bowl rice, alright?"

“I think we can be the cafeteria for a while. Teacher Lu, you can’t stay for long either, so please give us a chance.”

Lu Cheng is leaving, so he definitely needs to learn the technology. I can't give him money, but I can be polite to him in other ways.

"Thanks, Brother Zhang. If we're going to eat together like in the cafeteria, then we can take turns treating each other, since we're all on duty together anyway," Lu Cheng said with a smile.

"Lu Cheng, are you treating us like we're not human? When we come to you to learn things, you don't even provide meals?"

"Your teacher, you've always been going that way?" Zhang Tiesheng was very clever.

“We’re all brothers, Brother Zhang, do you have a problem with me, or are you saying that what you said before was a lie?” Lu Cheng had also learned Zhang Tiesheng’s tricks.

“Even close brothers should keep clear accounts, let alone you who are now a teacher,” Zhang Tiesheng continued to persuade.

Lu Cheng said, "Since even brothers keep clear accounts, then there should be an even greater reciprocity."

"I'm not a teacher, there's no such thing!"

“Brother Zhang, you are my brother. I can’t agree to you lowering your seniority. We’re all brothers.”

Zhang Tiesheng was ultimately trapped by his own schemes. Lu Cheng used his own methods against him, surpassing his teacher and leaving Zhang Tiesheng with no way out: "You son of a bitch?!"

"Right? That sounds much more friendly." Lu Cheng was scolded, but instead of getting angry, he laughed.

Zhang Tiesheng sighed, his eyes darting around rapidly.

Lu Cheng's phone rang at that moment.

The place of origin is Shanghai.

Lu Cheng didn't think much of it and answered the phone: "Hello."

"Are you Dr. Lu Cheng? I'm Du Lianshan from Huashan Hospital." Du Lianshan's voice was quite polite.

Lu Cheng's expression was slightly stern. He picked up his lunchbox and went out. It wasn't until he reached the doctors' lounge that Lu Cheng answered the phone again.

Du Lianshan kept calling out "hello, hello, hello" on the other end.

"Yes! I was on duty and just got back to the office. Please go ahead, teacher." Lu Cheng was polite, but his tone was a little stiff.

"You finally have a signal back! I thought you had no signal at all."

"You must be Dr. Lu? I'm Du Lianshan from Huashan Hospital. I only managed to find out your name, Dr. Lu, after going around in circles during this National Microsurgery Skills Competition."

"I was very impressed. I called this time partly because I had heard so much about you." Du Lianshan, being an old man, quickly changed the subject.

"Teacher, I'm not famous at all. You're too kind."

"Is something wrong? I'm on duty. I'm eating right now." Lu Cheng's reply was still curt.

He didn't know how the other party got his phone number, but Lu Cheng never expected that someone from Huashan Hospital would contact him.

no point.

Lu Cheng's even more curt reply left Du Lianshan speechless: "Dr. Lu, you're eating? Why don't you eat first?"

Lu Cheng: "Okay! I'll hang up now."

These words, which carried a hint of personal grudge or were simply utterly absurd, made Du Lianshan feel that Lu Cheng was not very respectful to him: "Dr. Lu?"

"I actually have something I want to discuss with you in detail."

"Dr. Lu, you must be a hand surgeon, right? This is the major trend in the future development of hand surgery."

Lu Cheng interrupted, "I'm not a hand surgeon, I'm an emergency room doctor."

"Cough cough cough!" Du Lianshan choked. "What nonsense is this?"

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher, I said I am an emergency room doctor, not a hand surgeon."

"So, what you're talking about regarding the major trends in hand surgery has little to do with me, and I don't understand it. I can't really have a conversation with you about it."

"Have I offended you? Or is there some misunderstanding between us?" Du Lianshan asked quickly.

If Lu Cheng had no personal grudges, why would he act so unapproachable?

Is he a natural-born member of the aloof party?
That shouldn't be the case!

"I haven't offended you...and there's no misunderstanding," Lu Cheng replied naturally.

"Then what about you?" Du Lianshan's tone was conflicted.

"Teacher, I'm an emergency room doctor. You mentioned discussing the future trends of hand surgery with me. Would we be able to have a meaningful conversation about that?"

"Besides, you're from Huashan Hospital, in Shanghai, which is thousands of miles away from me. How can we have a proper conversation?" Lu Cheng explained.

"Dr. Lu, didn't you understand what I meant? You can be a hand surgeon, can't you?" Du Lianshan decided to be more explicit.

Lu Cheng: "Why did I have to become a hand surgeon? Does hand surgery feed me or something?"

The food given to Lu Cheng was from the Hand Surgery Department, a Hand Surgery disease, and he was a patient, not a Hand Surgery specialist.

Du Lianshan finally lost his temper: "Dr. Lu, if you keep talking like this, then we really have nothing to talk about."

Lu Cheng's tone remained calm: "I'm sorry, teacher, I was just eating and I'm a little hungry."

"If you have anything else to say, please do so now. Otherwise, I'd like to eat early and rest for a bit."

Du Lianshan's deep breath was quite grating: "Dr. Lu, aren't you being a little too aloof?"

"Even if we're just strangers who met by chance, you don't have to be so cold. Besides, my seeking you out is just a normal academic exchange."

"You have absolutely no sense of hospitality!"

Lu Cheng thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "Teacher Du, what you said makes sense."

“But I know you, and of course you certainly don’t know me.”

"However, I don't want you to know me now, that's all. I'm being frank."

Du Lianshan was directly defeated by Lu Cheng, but he also found the root of the problem: "In other words, there really is some misunderstanding between us."

"When did I accidentally offend you?" Du Lianshan asked hesitantly.

"Teacher Du, you've misunderstood. There's no misunderstanding between us, and neither of us has offended the other."

"Everything is very straightforward."

Du Lianshan pressed on, "Dr. Lu, could you be more direct?"

Lu Cheng calmly said, "There's nothing much to say! If you don't want to know someone, you just don't want to know them. Why ask so many questions?"

"I don't lack anything right now."

Du Lianshan: "Isn't this just going in circles?"

"I just feel that the misunderstanding between us isn't that serious, is it? Is it impossible to resolve?"

Lu Cheng said, "There's no misunderstanding, Teacher Du."

"Really, my current career path and choice is the emergency department. If I need to collaborate with any hand surgeons, I also know some mentors."

"As an emergency room doctor, I don't need to collaborate with any highly specialized hand surgeons, do I?"

"Isn't this a very practical problem?"

"I don't even want to pursue a career in hand surgery, and we live so far apart, what could we possibly talk about?"

"To put it more realistically, what benefit would I get?" Lu Cheng's words were pale and direct.

Du Lianshan was completely dumbfounded by Lu Cheng's words: "Then..."

"you!"

Du Lianshan really couldn't answer what benefits Lu Cheng would gain, because no one in academia talks like that.

Lu Cheng chuckled: "Isn't that it? If I ever need your help, Teacher Du, you can ask me the same question and refuse me."

"I'm only talking about practical matters. So I'm being a bit realistic, Professor Du, please don't mind."

"Okay, I'll hang up then." Du Lianshan didn't bother to continue chatting with Lu Cheng.

However, after hanging up the phone, Du Lianshan was completely baffled.

Are there really such frank and wicked people in this world who just lay bare their true feelings like that?
(End of this chapter)